Odaje

Production Locations

• Portugal
• Spain 
• Italy 
• China 

All formal shoes are made in Europe, with the country chosen per product based on local craft: sandals, ankle boots, Derbies and loafers in Portugal, espadrilles in Spain (rope soles sewn by hand), and flat and heeled sandals near Florence. 
Odaje states that 74% of its trainers are made in Portugal and 26% in China.

Working Conditions & Living Wages

Odaje carries the B Corp certification (2024, score 87.4). B Corp is a company-level certification and is not a guarantee of living wages or specific factory conditions at supplier level.

The brand highlights a careful onboarding process for its own staff. It employs around 70 people.

Odaje does not disclose whether it pays living wages in its supplier factories.

Materials

• Leather, LWG-certified
• Recycled mesh
• Recycled rubber
• Natural rubber
• Organic cotton (laces)
• (Re)colte recycled soles

Packaging

• According to the brand, all its packaging is made from recycled paper, including the shoe box, the shipping carton and its printed materials. It is not clear how high the recycled content is.
• Odaje does not disclose further detail on supply-chain packaging.

Water Usage & Chemicals

Odaje uses LWG-certified leather. LWG is an environmental standard auditing tanneries on water, chemicals, energy and waste.

Odaje’s synthetic components carry a microplastic-shedding risk.

Circular Product Design

The (re)colte sole is made from worn shoes collected in-store, then ground down, heated, and combined with natural and recycled rubber to create a new material, all in the brand’s Portuguese partner factory, where recycling and production happen under one roof.

The brand also states it reduces material use by designing lighter, hollowed-out soles that use less material per pair.

Circular Business Models

Odaje runs several genuinely circular services. Through its Made from your shoes take-back programme, the brand collects worn shoes of any brand in its stores. Still-wearable pairs are donated to Restos du Cœur, while the rest are recycled into (re)colte soles, and Odaje states it has collected more than 21,000 pairs since 2019. 
Alongside this, the brand runs a second-life store, a dedicated space on the upper floor of its Faubourg Saint-Antoine shop in Paris that sells prototypes, display pairs and one-off models at reduced prices. 
Odaje holds solidarity days twice a year, selling old collections at reduced prices with the profits donated to the Allegretto association (which supports girls with Rett syndrome); the brand states almost 100,000 euros has been donated since 2021.

Distance & Complexity of the Supply Chain

• HQ: Paris, France
• Portugal
• Spain
• Italy 
• China

Transportation

• Supply chain: Odaje states that goods travel exclusively by boat, train and truck, with no air freight. Stock from China is moved only by boat and train.
• E‑commerce: The brand does not specify its delivery or shipping arrangements.

• Leather (sourced from tanneries in Italy, Portugal and Spain)

Odaje uses LWG-certified leather. The LWG certification is an environmental standard for tanneries and does not certify animal welfare.

There is no evidence of an animal welfare policy.

Product Design

Odaje designs trainers, Derbies, loafers, sandals, ankle boots and espadrilles. 

Shoes are supported by a full range of care and maintenance products (waterproofing sprays, polishes, brushes, shoe trees and repair kits).

Slow Fashion Processes

Odaje works to extend product life through its care-product range, its second-life store and its take-back programme. 

Odaje does not state how many collections it releases per year.

Transparency on Product

On product pages, customers get a short description, the materials used, information on origin and manufacturing, a full care guide and a size chart. 
What is missing for true traceability are named tanneries and factories, so origin is disclosed only at country and workshop level, not down to the supplier or raw material source. The products are traceable across their broad journey, but not all the way back to the source.

Transparency on Processes

The brand publishes a mission report covering its objectives and results, works with the independent firm Fairly Made on lifecycle analysis, and holds a B Corp certification.